Spatial ability of XY sex-reversed female mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 135-143

  Stavnezer, Amy Jo ^a   McDowell, Cary S ^a   Hyde, Lynn A ^a   Bimonte, Heather A ^a   Balogh, Seth A ^a   Hoplight, Blair J ^a   Denenberg, Victor H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Morris maze; Sex difference; Sex reversal; Spatial ability; Testosterone; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MYOG PROTEIN, MOUSE; MYOGENIN; PRIMER DNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MAZE TEST; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DNA PRIMERS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYOGENIN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; TESTOSTERONE; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0034222246     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(00)00174-1     Document Type: Article

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